A few paragraphs from The Guardian’s Andrew Clark reporting from Chicago:
In an opening statement at Lord Black’s trial on racketeering charges in Chicago, assistant US attorney Jeffrey Cramer told a predominantly female jury that the former Telegraph owner had lied and stolen to prop up his position of international political leverage and finance a lifestyle of corporate planes, exotic holidays, and prime New York apartments.
He added: “You sit in a room with four men who stole $60m (£30.6m).
Four men who betrayed the trust of thousands of ordinary shareholders.
Four men who decided that their multi-million-dollar salaries were not enough.”
The couple are staying at the Ritz-Carlton hotel and spending the weekends at Lord Black’s summer home in Palm Beach.
